goofball
noun/ˈɡufˌbɔl/US
Etymology
Definitions
A foolish or silly person or animal.
- If that goofball would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well.
A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects,…
A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
- Strong Cobb & Co. of Cleveland announced a new barbiturate which in overlarge doses will turn the stomachs of "goofball" addicts and would-be suicides.
- That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.
Silly.
- He announced, with his usual goofball humor, that he'd like to marry me!
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for goofball. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA